mirrors

Found a heart I wanted to keep
One I’d die before I break
But I pushed you with my shadows
Called it love, though it was fake
I said, “Hurting means I care,”
But that was just the fear I wore
Never saw that you were bleeding
’Til the silence filled the room
All the tears you tried to hide from me
Spelled my name across your wounds
I thought pushing you would make you stay
And the moment that you faded
Was the moment truth came through
Every bruise I ever gave you
Was a mirror of my past
If you’d let me try to change it
I could learn to love you true